Questioning the secular state : the worldwide resurgence of religion in politics

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Questioning the secular state : the worldwide resurgence of religion in politics

edited by David Westerlund

Hurst & Company, 1996

  • : pbk
  • : cased

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Includes index

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Description

In recent decades, secularism, or the separation of religion and state, has been increasingly questioned by various religious movements and organizations. This book examines how Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh fundamentalists are seeking to overthrow established political, religious and social norms in their quest for a religiously based form of government. The coverage of the work is global and includes studies of all world's major religons, thus providing the reader with a comprehensive introduction to a subject of growing importance.

Table of Contents

  • Conservative Protestantism in the United States
  • militant black Islam in America
  • orthodoxy and Russian nationalism
  • Algeria's Islamic extremists
  • Christian fundamentalism and politics in black Africa
  • dynamic Hinduism
  • religious nationalism and Sikhism
  • Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia
  • Buddhist autocracy in Burma
  • the politics of Philippine fundamentalism.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA27920309
  • ISBN
    • 1850652414
    • 1850652406
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 428 p.
  • Size
    22cm
  • Classification
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